Josefa (Lunsford) Herron (1923 - 2006)

Born 26 Jul 1923 in Marion, McDowell, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis Elmer Herron — married 29 Sep 1951 (to 10 Apr 2006) in Bristol, Virginia, United States

Died 10 Apr 2006 at age 82 in North Carolina, USA

Biography

Josefa (Lunsford) Herron was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina. See Appalachia Project.

Josefa (Lunsford) Herron was born in McDowell County

U.S. Army Air Corps, WW II Josefa (Jo) Lunsford Herron, formerly of Leicester, died on Monday, April 10, 2006 in Mountain Area Hospice Solace Center.

Born July 26, 1923 in McDowell County, Mrs. Herron was the daughter of the late Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Nellie Sara Triplett Lunsford. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Sara Kern Lunsford and Nellie Lunsford Greenawald; a brother, Blackwell Lamar Lunsford. She graduated from Leicester High School in 1939 and majored in Economics and Business Administration at George Washington University and American University in Washington, DC. and worked in banking and non profit organizations including Pisgah Girl Scout Council. She served in the Air Transport Command of the U.S. Army Air Corps, during WW II and was stationed at Long Beach AAF in CA and at Orly Air Field in Paris, France, and she received the European Campaign Medal. She was a lifetime member of the VFW Post 891. She was active over a decade with the College for seniors at the NC Center for Creative Retirement, UNCA, and did volunteer work in other local organizations. She and her brother, Lamar participated with production of the Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, which was founded by their father in 1928. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Asheville.

Graveside services will be held in the chapel of the WNC State Veterans Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by the Buncombe County Veterans Council Burial: Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery Black Mountain Buncombe County North Carolina, USA

Sources

• Created by: Zandalee

Record added: Jan 17, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 24009710

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24009710/josefa-herron: accessed 26 September 2023), memorial page for SGT Josefa “Jo” Lunsford Herron (26 Jul 1923–10 Apr 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24009710, citing Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Victor E. Everhart, PhD (contributor 47774451).
• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTX-5WC : 8 December 2014), Lunsford, 26 Jul 1923; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 10, p. 212, Mcdowell, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39B-CKB : Thu Sep 21 16:52:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Bascombe L Lunsford and Nellie S Lunsford, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRY7-5QF : Fri Sep 22 23:44:31 UTC 2023), Entry for James Weir and Ellen L Weir, 1940.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8L4-5W5 : 5 December 2014), Josefa Belle Lunsford, enlisted 18 May 1944, Washington, District Of Columbia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9J-4PJZ : 20 February 2021), Lewis Elmer Herron and Josefa Belle Lunsford, 29 Sep 1951; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Bristol, , Virginia, United States, certificate 26172, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4Z-3FNB : 11 February 2023), Josefa Belle Lunsford.